Enterococcus durans

Enterococcus durans is a species of Enterococcus.[1] It is a gram-positive, catalase- and oxidase-negative, coccus bacterium. The organism is also a facultative anaerobic organism.[2] Prior to 1984, it was known as Streptococcus durans.[3]

Enterococcus durans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Enterococcaceae
Genus: Enterococcus
Species:
E. durans
Binomial name
Enterococcus durans
(ex Sherman and Wing, 1937) Collins et al., 1984

Certain strains have also been identified as producers of anti-inflammatory agents, which are being studied in medical research.[4]

References
  1. Devriese LA, Vancanneyt M, Descheemaeker P, et al. (2002). "Differentiation and identification of Enterococcus durans, E. hirae and E. villorum". J. Appl. Microbiol. 92 (5): 821–7. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2672.2002.01586.x. PMID 11972684.
  2. Fisher K, Phillips C. The ecology, epidemiology and virulence of Enterococcus. Microbiology. 2009;155(6):1749-1757. doi:10.1099/mic.0.026385-0.
  3. Collins, M. D.; Jones, D.; Farrow, J. A. E.; Kilpper-Bälz, R.; Schleifer, K. H. (1984). "Enterococcus avium nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. casseliflavus nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. durans nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. gallinarum comb. nov.; and E. malodoratus sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 34 (2): 220–223. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-2-220. ISSN 1466-5034.
  4. Carasi, P., Racedo, S. M., Jacquot, C., Elie, A. M., Serradell, M. de los Á., & Urdaci, M. C. (2017). Enterococcus durans EP1 a Promising Anti-inflammatory Probiotic Able to Stimulate sIgA and to Increase Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Abundance. Frontiers in Immunology, 8, 88. http://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00088

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